Un ballo in maschera – London

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2019.

DirectorRodula Gaitanou
Designertakis
LightingSimon Corder
MovementSteve Elias
ConductorMatthew Kofi Waldren

…Simon Corder turns the timber transparent, and through the eerie blue mists we watch a menacing dumb-show of murder. Claire Seymour, Opera Today, 11 June 2019

“The ball scene with its bloody denouement, powered with tremendous verve by Matthew Kofi Waldren in the pit, is a triumphant meld of lighting, design, and choreography, with Gaitanou’s direction never putting a foot wrong.” – Michael Church, The Independent, 9 June 2019

photos – Ali Wright, Robert Workman